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WASON, RIGBY, eldest son of Peter Rigby Wason MP, Corwar, Ayrshire, barrister, and Euphemia, dau. of P. McTier, farmer; b. 17 Jul 1844; adm. 17 Oct 1859 (James'); Ensign, 16th Foot 28 Apr 1863; Lieut., 24 Aug 1866; 1st Dragoon Guards 30 Oct 1867; d. 25 Nov 1870.

WASON, LEIGHTON SANDYS, eldest son of Rigby Melvill Wason, London, solicitor, and Hannah Urquhart; b. 31 Dec 1867; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (J); left Dec 1883; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Apr 1889; BA 1893; Ely Theol. Coll. 1893; ordained deacon (Ely) 1894, priest (St. Albans) 1898; Curate, Elmswell, Suffolk 1894-7, St. Andrew’s, Plaistow, Essex 1897-8, St. Michael’s, Shoreditch, London 1898-1904; Vicar of Cury cum Gunwalloe, Cornwall 1905 – 27 May 1919, when he was deprived on his refusal to abandon certain practices of ritual.

WASON, JAMES, brother of Rigby Wason (qv); b. 29 May 1847; adm. 28 Sep 1861 (James'); left Whitsun 1864; adm. solicitor Mich. 1869; practised at Liverpool; m. Minna Holland; d. 3 Oct 1896.

WASHER, THOMAS, son of Thomas Washer, London, and Catherine, third dau. of Sir Robert Bolles, Bart.; b.; adm.; KS 1696; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1700, matr. 25 Jun 1700, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1700 – void 27 Jan 1714 (expiry year of grace as V. Snodland from 31 Aug 1713, sic); Vicar of Snodland, Kent, from 1712 [check]; d. 1748 (will proved PCC 27 Jul 1748).

WASHBOURNE, CHARLES, son of Rev. Thomas Washbourne DD, Rector of Dumbleton, Gloucs., and Prebendary of Gloucester, and Dorothy, dau. of Samuel Fell (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1696; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1667, matr. 12 Jul 1667, aged 18, Westminster Student 14 Sep 1668 – void 1677; BA 1671; MA 1674; Vicar of Long Preston, Yorks., from 1677; buried 8 Sep 1703.

WASEY, WILLIAM JOHN SPEARMAN, son of William Wasey MD, Gerrard Street, Soho, Westminster, Physician to St. George’s Hospital, London, and Margaret, sister of Charles Spearman (qv); bapt. St. Anne, Soho 14 Jan 1734 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jan 1742/3 (Morel's); Min. Can. 1747; left 1750; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Jan 1750/1, matr. 1750/1; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons 7 Oct 1756; Sub-Brig. and Cornet, Horse Guards 15 Jul 1757; Brig. and Lieut., 27 Aug 1760; Exempt and Capt., 8 Feb 1765; Guidon and Maj., 14 Nov 1771; Cornet and Maj., 28 Jul 1773; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Aug 1777; 2nd Lieut. and Lieut. -Col., 9 Jan 1779; ret. 29 Jul 1779; m. 14 Aug 1758 (IGI) his cousin Elizabeth Honoria, dau. of George Spearman, Bishop Middleham, co. Durham; d. 12 Mar 1817.

Warwick, James Cochrane, son of Septimus Warwick FRIBA and Evelyn Cecil, d. of George Alexander Mooney, chemist, of Montreal; b. 11 Oct. 1920; adm. Jan. 1934 (A); left July 1937; RE 1939-46; Univ. Coll. Lond., Dip. Arch. 1948; ARIBA MRAIC 1949; an architect with Canadian Nat. Railways Montreal 1948-82; m. 19 Dec. 1962 Hilda Maude McConkey, biochemist, d. of Howard Hudson McConkey, merchant, of Alberta; d. 29 May 2002.